Music of Tajikistan
| Central Asian music |
|---|
| China (Xinjiang) |
| Kazakhstan |
| Kyrgyzstan |
| Mongolia |
| Tajikistan |
| Turkmenistan |
| Uzbekistan |
Tajik music is closely related to Uzbek music and other Central Asian forms. The classical music is shashmaqam, which is very similar to Uzbek music. Southern Tajikistan has a distinctive form of folk music called falak, which is played at celebrtions for weddings, circumcisions and other occasions.
List of Tajik musicians:
- Barno Itzhakova
- Davlatmand Kholor
References
- Broughton, Simon and Sultanova, Razia. "Bards of the Golden Road". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 2: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, pp 24-31. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0